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Chapter 557
Ji Chuan also agreed with Xue Wanshu's opinion. He said: "The Tang army blocked the Hulao Pass, which is equivalent to cutting off the road to the east of Luoyang."

From the map, the three cities of Heyang and Mengjindu in the north of Luoyang, Hulao Pass and Xuanmen Pass in the east, Xuanyuan Pass in the southeast, Yique Pass in the south, Xiangyang, Longmen in the southwest, including Zhengxi All of Tongguan fell into the hands of Li Tang.

Luoyang has truly cut off relations with the outside world and is surrounded by Li and Tang.If we want to continue to advance westward, the situation of attacking Hulao is very serious for our army. Luoyang is already an isolated city. Taihang, and then come to Pujindu with heavy troops, creating a situation where they want to enter the Guanzhong in a large scale. Maybe they can encircle Wei and save Zhao, and rescue Luoyang from the siege.Even if we can't save Luoyang, our army can take all of Hanoi, expand the land and collect the people, and compete with Li Tang later.

When Ji Chuan said this, he got the consent of many generals of the Zhao army. Li Tang's general stationed in Hanoi was Li Shentong, and his Hanoi army hadn't recovered from Yuhuahua's and devastating blows.However, Li Zhiwan, who was supposed to replace Li Shentong as the general of the Hanoi Army, had an accident.

As a result, Li Tang's command system in Hanoi is now chaotic, so for Zhao Guo, this plan has the least risk and can be profitable, so why not do it.

Li Chongjiu remembered that in history, Ling Jing, Dou Jiande's military adviser, also suggested this to Dou Jiande at his current juncture.However, Dou Jiande's subordinates were bought by Wang Shichong's people, and they opposed his opinions. As a result, they insisted on advancing at Hulao Pass. However, outside Hulao Pass, the 10,000+ Xia army had no way to attack the Hulao Pass stationed by Li Tang's elite soldiers.

In the end, Li Shimin was cut off from Dou Jiande's food path, and then he succeeded in counterattacking at Hulao Pass.

The historical reference comes first, whether Li Chongjiu will follow Dou Jiande's old road, or take another route.

Hearing what Ji Chuan said, Du Yan and Wang Shichong's counselors all wept and said, "If Your Majesty sends troops to Hedong, Zheng Guo will surely perish."

All the generals sighed secretly when they heard this. Given Luoyang's current situation, it's really hard to say how long it can last, maybe dozens of days, maybe tomorrow.

However, everyone knew that Li Chongjiu was truly benevolent. At the beginning, Zheng Guo didn't meet any of the three conditions he set for Du Yan.

After all, Zhao Jun did his best.

The envoys of Zheng Guo fell into silence, waiting for Li Chongjiu's final decision.

Li Chongjiu said suddenly: "Everyone, I had a premonition when Hulao Pass fell. Soldiers depend on the temple, and the temple counts more victories. It was estimated that our army could not hold Hulao Pass forty percent. Not unexpected."

"Then if Hulao Pass fails, where should our army go?" Ji Chuan asked.

Li Chongjiu didn't speak. From the current strategic situation, he has three obvious advantages over Dou Jiande's Xia Jun in history.

Firstly, although the Xia army who attacked Hulao Pass in history had 10,000+ people and was known as 30, most of the soldiers and horses were armed by rebels. Streak of victories, all the generals in the army are arrogant and lazy,

Although Li Chongjiu has less than [-] troops, they have all experienced wars, and the government soldiers under his command are all standing troops, and their well-trained troops are not inferior to Li Tang's Guanzhong government army.

Second, Zhao Jun's current strategic situation is stronger than that of Dou Jiande. At that time, Yuwenhuaji was destroyed by Li Shentong. Weijun and Jijun were both in Li Tang's hands. Dou Jiande just defeated Li Shentong and captured Liyang. But now Li Chongjiu is the first to destroy Xu Guo, Wei, and Ji counties are in hand.

Such an attack on the starting point of Hanoi would be much closer, and it would be of great benefit to cover the grain road from Liyang to Hulao Pass.Dou Jiande's battle line was too long back then, and he was attacked on the food road, which led to confusion in the army.

The third is that Li Shimin's current situation is not good. Under Li Chongjiu's countermeasures, the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji's father and son brothers is already in jeopardy.The questioning of the generals who are going abroad is bound to affect the morale of the Tang army to some extent.

On the other hand, Zhao Guo, Li Chongjiu has always been a unified politics. As the emperor, he personally leads the army to fight, and the whole army bows to him.In Zhao State, there will never be a situation where the emperor and the general are at odds.

In addition, Li Chongjiu has two advantages that have not been put on the table, which Li Tang can't detect for the time being, and even most of Zhao's counselors and generals don't know it for the time being.

Li Chongjiu said: "I have decided to order Xu Shiji and Wang Mahan to lead 2 troops to attack Hanoi along the Yellow River, while the rest of the army will land at Baimadu and send troops to Hulao!"

Wang Shichong's party showed mixed expressions of surprise, and Zhao Jun's generals were all surprised. They thought Li Chongjiu would change his strategy after hearing Ji Chuan's words, but he didn't expect to send troops to Hulaoguan.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help thinking of Dou Jiande who was under house arrest outside the Great Wall, and thought to himself Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande, I didn't expect that I would still make the same decision as you did back then, but I don't know what will happen this time?
February eleventh.

Spring is still late, and the north and south of the Yellow River are still freezing cold.The main force of the 300 Zhao army landed at Baimadu, and the [-] navy sailors drove more than [-] warships, boated to transport food, and went back to the west of the river.

When Li Chongjiu was in Qijun, he asked Yu Shinan to issue a second letter of appeal to the Tang Dynasty, saying that Li Yuan's ancestor was originally from the Wuming family of Zhaojun.The emperors of the first two dynasties of the Sui Dynasty did not regard Li Yuan and his son as humble, but entrusted them with great weapons.However, Li Yuan was entrusted with the important task of staying in Taiyuan because of the old favor of the previous dynasty, but he failed the grace of heaven and rebelled against the Sui Dynasty.

After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he made strong ministers and weak masters, followed the young emperor's plan to secretly strengthen ministers and weak masters, embraced the heart of Cao Cao and Sima Yi, and acted like Zhao Gao and Wang Mang.

Shihlin was angry and bitter, and the people complained more and more; one man fought hard, and the whole state was in unison.Now Dazhao gathers 50 land and water troops to attack Tang, and hopes that officials and people from all states will gather under the banner of righteousness.

After Li Chongjiu passed on to the world, Wang Shibian, Wang Shichong's younger brother, Xuzhou Xingtai, sent General Guo Shiheng to lead an army of [-] to join Li Chongjiu, and Wang Bo led [-] soldiers from Qi County to join the army against Zhao.

Guo Shi'an, the governor of Guanzhou who had surrendered to Li Tang, learned that Li Chongjiu's army was approaching, and asked for help in the direction of Hulao Pass, hoping that Li Shimin would send troops to rescue him.

But when Li Tang's reinforcements had just left Hulao Pass, Guanzhou had already been captured by Li Chongjiu's striker Luo Shixin.

At the same time, Xu Shiji and Wang Mahan's 2 troops fought against the Li Shentong Department of the Tang Army in Hanoi.

Zhao Jun's aid to Zheng was very powerful, winning consecutive battles, and the news spread to Guanzhong quickly.

In Chang'an Li Tang Imperial Palace.

When Li Yuanshou took Li Chongjiu to discuss the Tang Dynasty, he had a sneer on his face, especially when he saw that Li Yuan's ancestor was from the Wuming family of Zhaojun, a descendant of a poor family, who had no virtue at all, and claimed to be the descendant of the Li family in Longxi, and attached himself to the lintel.The entire call to action was twisted in Li Yuan's hands.Li Yuan sneered and said, "Zhuzi actually insulted me. My Li Yuan ancestor is the Wuming family. What about you? The Zhongshan Li family is completely nonsense."

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body!" Pei Ji said hastily.

Li Yuan stood up and said: "I'm fine, this person is just showing off. I will let him know that some people can't live for a long time even if they dance for a while. This person is narrow-minded. It seems that he still remembers his refusal to marry at the beginning. As for the matter, Zhuzi, just like Zhuzi, is narrow-minded and can't make a difference."

Seeing what Li Yuan said, Pei Ji was also moved. If Li Chongjiu was a force that could never be compared with Li Tang, why would Li Yuan get angry? And Li Yuan is so angry now, it can only be said that Datang is really not sure of defeating Zhao Guo.

"Now the king of Qin has captured the Hulao to close the gap, but after Wang Shichong learned that the king of Qin had left, he sent general Shan Xiongxin and Yang Gongqing out to fight in the city. King Qi was defeated in the battle under the city, and the general manager Lu Jun died in shock! The king of Qi begged the king of Qin to retreat. , Qin Wang refused, Qi Wang, Qu Tutong asked to break the siege of Luoyang, and guard the dangerous place, but Qin Wang refused. Here is the memorial of Qi Wang, impeaching Qin Wang for supporting the army and self-respect and other eight crimes."

"Feng Aiqing, you are in the Luoyang army, what do you think?"

Feng Deyi said: "His Royal Highness King Qin wants to win all his achievements in one battle. He not only conquered Luoyang, but also defeated Zhao Jun outside the Hulao Pass, and captured Li Chongjiu alive. He would kill two birds with one stone. If Zhao Jun is released into Hulao, the two thieves will join forces. , I’m afraid it’s even stronger.”

"However, His Royal Highness Qi Wang is also very reasonable. Our army has captured more than sixty states of Wang Shichong, and most of the land has been surrendered to us. If the flow is a little stronger, it is enough to accept it as soon as it is good. In the future, it will be gradually planned, but in one to two years, the land of Luoyang can be held in the palm of your hand."

Feng Deyi's words were ambiguous, but Pei Ji took over and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say, do you know whether to say it or not?"

Li Yuan said: "Pei Qing, you and I are ordinary monarchs and ministers, but it doesn't matter."

Pei Ji said: "Then Weichen dared to speak out, just like what Brother Feng said, I think the king of Qin wants to make meritorious service in a battle, not for the sake of the country, but for his own fame and achievements."

Speaking of Li Yuan, Feng Deyi was shocked.
Feng Deyi cursed inwardly, thinking that he was originally the Prince of Qin's friend, but Pei Ji's words seemed to be helping the prince to speak ill of the King of Qin just now.

On the other hand, Li Yuan understood what Pei Ji meant. Li Shimin wanted to take advantage of his position as the commander-in-chief to defeat Li Chongjiu and Wang Shichong in the first battle. I'm afraid that the great achievements of the party will not fall into his hands, let alone Li Chongjiu who is in Youyan.

This is the master of the earthquake, it is unknown whether Li Jiancheng or Li Yuan is so shocking.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jieyu begs to see you!"

Li Yuan said in a hurry: "I'm discussing important national affairs, what is she doing here?"

"It seems to be related to His Royal Highness King Qin!"

Pei Ji, Feng Deyi saw that it was Li Yuan's family affairs and resigned immediately, and after Zhang Jieyu entered the palace, she cried to Li Yuan: "Your Majesty, you want to make decisions for your concubines?"

Concubine Yin De and Zhang Jieyu were both Li Yuan's favorite concubines in his later years. Seeing him crying to himself, Li Yuan said gently, "My concubine, what's the matter?"

Zhang Jieyu said: "There were dozens of hectares of fertile land outside Luoyang City, which belonged to my family's ancestral property, but I heard that the King of Qin had not conquered Luoyang, so he privately donated these dozens of hectares of land to Huai'an King Li Shentong. I beg your majesty to make decisions for my concubines." !"

Li Yuan was furious when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)